--- title: What did the Caliph require of Sidi-Nouman before hearing his account? — Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: t… · tree and pragmatics description: What did the Caliph require of Sidi-Nouman before hearing his account? Exam question 3 of lesson 216 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse ends, and the Caliph questions the cruel young man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/216-pg128-part56/e3/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Books](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/) / [Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: t…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/216-pg128-part56/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse… What did the Caliph require of Sidi-Nouman before hearing his account? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Nouman · **What happens:** do, hear, account · **To what, where:** Caliph require, account This is exam question 3 of lesson 216 «Arabian Nights, Sidi-Nouman, part 1: the blind man's curse ends, and the Caliph questions the cruel young man» of the books course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: [the test at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/216-pg128-part56/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:e3:1 # text = What did the Caliph require of Sidi-Nouman before hearing his account? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 did do VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 Caliph Caliph PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 require require NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 Sidi Sidi PROPN NNP Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 9 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 Nouman Nouman PROPN NNP Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ 10 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 11 hearing hear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 advcl _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 account account NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past | | the Caliph require of Sidi and Nouman | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent require=Eventuality | | 2 | **hear** | gerund | | Nouman's account | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer account=Stimulus | | 3 | **account** | | Nouman | | | | | | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent | One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} a plain and honest answer ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:e3:o1:1 # text = a plain and honest answer 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 plain plain ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 honest honest ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} a complete and candid statement ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:e3:o2:1 # text = a complete and candid statement 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 candid candid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 3 {#o3} a complete and candid statement of every single thing he had done that day ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:e3:o3:1 # text = a complete and candid statement of every single thing he had done that day 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 2 complete complete ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 candid candid ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 conj _ _ 5 statement statement NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 every every DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 8 single single ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 thing thing NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ 10 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 11 had have AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 done do VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 9 acl:relcl _ _ 13 that that DET DT Number=Sing|PronType=Dem 14 det _ _ 14 day day NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | past · perfect | he | every single thing *not said here* | | | day | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | | 2 | **state** | | | every single thing | | | | | nom statement «communication transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} a full written report with witnesses and all the details of his life ```conllu # sent_id = question:books:216-pg128-part56:e3:o4:1 # text = a full written report with witnesses and all the details of his life 1 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 2 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 3 written write VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 report report NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 5 with with ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 witnesses witness NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 all all DET PDT PronType=Tot 10 det:predet _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 details detail NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 conj _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 13 nmod:poss _ _ 13 life life NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **write** | participle | | | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **detail** | | | his life | | | | | nom detail «cognition transitive»: of=patient | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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